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As a Type 2 diabetic who has worked hard to bring the disease under control (it's not gone away) and having read widely in that pursuit, I must applaud Gary Taubes' common sense, back-to-basics article, Good Calories, Bad Calories: What Really Makes Us Fat.
I see that there's a whole lot of dogma which pervades the majority of the comments with the article online. That's fine by me, as we all have our own self-interests to push.
I'm for Taubes and thank Mother Earth News for publishing the article. If more adult diabetics had understood this before they were diabetic, they would have been better off. Even now, this kind of realistic advice can help them. It makes a lot of sense to me and how I manage my diabetic food plan.
I loved Taubes' article! Such huge sums of money ride on the low fat/no fat diet that it's really swimming upstream to suggest something different, although I think the "facts" regarding low/no fat are merely theory.
I discovered the hard way that carbs in excess are really, really bad when I got hit with heart failure. A friend who is also a doctor told me to read the book Protein Power by Michael Eades, M.D. and Mary Dan Eades, M.D. I followed their recommendations, and now tests show the pumping ability of my heart is almost normal again!
Robert Atkins originally put together his famous diet for his heart patients, not for a weight loss program. Of course, eating this way will cause weight loss — a lovely "side effect!" The Eades' book gives the science behind limiting carbs, which is over 100 years old. I wonder how long it will take mainstream medicine to admit that low/no fat is simply wrong.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I found Gary Taubes' article. Way to go, Mother! Yes, it is controversial, but Mother Earth News has always been countercultural, and for that I am grateful.
After following the "conventional wisdom" way of eating for 30 years (low fat, high carb, lots of sugar), I ended up 50 pounds overweight and diabetic. Lots of research later, I started on a low-carb diet, first cutting out all grains, sugar and trans fats, and then increasing amounts of low-glycemic veggies and dairy. Since losing most of the excess weight and reducing my blood sugar, I am gradually adding a few grains, mainly steel cut oats and barley.
But I will never eat the way the USDA's food pyramid recommends. (By the way, this pyramid is almost identical to what is fed cattle in feedlots to fatten them up for slaughter!) For me, it's a matter of survival. I don't want to lose limbs or go blind from diabetes. Carbohydrates raise blood sugar; meat, dairy and green leafy veggies don't. I don't eat any more meat now than I did in the past. The primary difference is that I eat four times the fresh veggies and healthy fruits, almost all of which I grow.
I'm concerned about the Taubes' article. To recommend a higher consumption of poultry, meat, fish and eggs isn't "Earth-friendly," in my opinion, and also not really healthy. I learned to prefer a more vegetarian approach, with only little amounts of meat/poultry per month, for the sake of the environment and the animals.
While Gary Taubes' article presents some interesting points about overreliance on carbohydrate-rich foods, the blanket statements regarding fat or carbs are far too radical for a journalist to make.
I do believe that it's the grain subsidies by the government that have encouraged much unhealthful high carb consumption, along with misinformation presented by the FDA and the food pyramid — but please consult some health experts before presenting this type of rash nutritional information to an earnest public!
I just got done reading Wanda Urbanska's Simpler Living; and I must say, this is an article every American should read — especially with our struggling economy and the fact that so many Americans have many doubts about our future. I think it's time to simplify and take joy in the smaller things in life. We live in an extremely materialistic country, and I believe many of us tend to forget the beauty lying at our feet.
I am a conservative Christian and was a military wife until my husband retired. That might make me persona non grata to many readers of Mother Earth News, but what I have found is that there can be an amazing meeting of the minds when it comes to sustainable, simple and healthy living.
The two people who turned me on to this idea initially were a "radical" liberal and a "radical" conservative. Both believed the same things, but for different reasons, and I was able to learn from each of them. While we might take separate paths to get where we're going, we all end up in the same place and the reasons behind it don't really matter. I really enjoy your magazine and have learned ways to put many of my yearnings into concrete actions.
I want to thank you for the opportunity for my voice and opinions to be heard via your online Editorial Surveys. It takes only a short time for me to complete a survey, yet it yields fantastic results in your magazine. Thank you again for including your readers and fellow protectors of this world we call home.
No, thank you, Sharla, and everyone else who votes in our surveys. We love your input. If you aren't in the Group, you can sign up at our Web site. — Mother
In your August/September 2008 issue, you included in your organic pest control article directions for disposing of tomato hornworms. How about giving this pollinator-to-be a chance?
Although the hornworm looks fierce, it isn't. (I like to place a hornworm in a glass jar and let children hear it chomping.) Soon your hornworm will disappear into the soil beneath the host plant to pupate. When it emerges, it becomes a life-giving friend of the garden — a beautiful Sphinx moth.
These hummingbird-esque moths (is there such a word?) are quick and efficient pollinators able to visit over 200 plants in under seven minutes.
If I was to make a list of the 25 biggest influences upon my life, Mother Earth News would be included in that list. Not bad for a magazine (no other magazine would make my list)!
I have just spent three hours researching the Pickens Plan. Well, the more I read, the more excited I became over this pioneer who's doing something to pull the proverbial cart out of the American dirt — and he plans to do it with good old American resources and power: the power of the people. How cool is that?
I feel that everybody should be excited about it and jump on the wagon with T. Boone Pickens because, let's face it, what other plans are out there?
Just a comment about "EarthWords," August/September 2008. Edward Abbey spent much of his career battling the development of the Southwest and the construction of highways through this beautiful landscape. Yet here you are using his words over a horrible example of how a canyon can be ruined. The photo you chose not only shows a road through the center, but also has a quarry and a piece of heavy equipment in it. We always enjoy your magazine, but I think this was bad judgement on your part.
I just finished looking over the October/November 2008 issue and, as always, it was the high point of the week. I was especially interested in the wonderful article on muscle-powered electricity (Make Electricity, While You Exercise) for the little things that eat up so much of the power budget. Many of us could well stand to get a bit of extra exercise, why not crank out enough energy to run your laptop or to listen to some radio before bedtime?
I was browsing through the August/September 2008 issue, when two articles clanged up against my head. First was Raw Milk Renegade, about a farmer who was hauled off by the Pennsylvania police for selling raw milk without a permit. What an outrage; don't the cops have better things to do than harass farmers trying to make a living?
On the very next page, Which Comes First: The Chicken or the Profit? really brings it home. Californians are trying to pass a law that would ban confining animals in cages too small for them to stand or stretch their wings. Hooray for the chickens — that'll show those farmers they can't abuse their animals, and if they do, it's the State Pen for them! (Ha ha, sorry for that.)
I know this article is about the Egg Board breaking lobbying laws, but that's irrelevant to my point: You can't legislate behavior, folks, because of that other law — the Law of Unintended Consequences, which these articles demonstrate. You never know when the law will be turned against you for something that should be legal.
If we keep trying to respond to the fear mongering of the media by making more laws, by irradiating fruit and vegetables, and so on, we might as well all start living in antiseptic bubbles. And woe to the species when the next new bug hits us.
I'm not saying that the chicken-cage legislation is bad, I just don't think that legislation is a real solution. Education is the only solution, the only way you can make things change.
Population should not be a target in protecting our planet. Our resources were put here for mankind. It's the way we live, not the number. There are examples coming out of my ears. If Mother Earth News suggests population control even subtly, know that I will be your foe.
Protecting the planet should protect people. A suicidal editorial policy — population control — is contrary to taking care of the weak and small. And it caters to the selfish. And it is based on lies.
Have you missed me? Your issues are now brimming with self-congratulations, pandering to what I call the GRONY movement: the politically correct, green phony movement.
Look at the CDs of old issues and remember who you are. I will be back when you have real plans, real solutions, real self-sufficiency.
I've been meaning to write for a long time about how the magazine has improved. The last many issues are just like when it first started. In the last couple of issues you just outdid yourselves on gardening. As a fresh market grower, I find most all your articles have been right on. Keep up the trend, you're doing a great job.
I have to say how pleased I am with the direction your magazine is taking. Your last Editorial Survey was wonderful — I was "very interested" in almost everything. At 65, I am still striving toward the same goal: a healthy life with the least amount of impact on the Earth. I purchased the Mother Earth News CD set, but can't force myself to turn loose of the magazines. I've dragged them with me for over 30 years, and the articles are still relevant!
I built a passive solar cedar log home that we moved into seven years ago. We have an Incinolet toilet, which we would like to see more articles about. We've had it for six years and love it. We're going to try building the yogurt maker you have plans for, and the cheese recipes. We're happy in our little cabin in the woods.
Your magazine has always been inspirational, but now you've really done it. We already have chickens, geese, horses, burros, dogs, cats and a small garden. Now we also have a yogurt maker, a food dehydrator, more chickens, plans for a bigger garden and, thanks to your cheese-making article, a cow! Next year if all works out, we want to try beekeeping. We figure as groceries and fuel prices keep going up, we might as well be more self-sufficient. Thanks for the help and suggestions.
I read the letter in Dear Mother accusing you of having some sort of "liberal-enviro" agenda. I can't recall reading anything in your magazine that didn't refer to gardening, homesteading and country living, etc., so I never considered you a political publication. But if advocating for the protection of the environment, our planet and its inhabitants is "liberal," then I'm proud to be in that category and you can count me among your loyal readers. I cherish every issue of Mother Earth News, especially the ones written in the last few years. Great job, "ladies"!
I just had to write in about William Simmons' letter in Dear Mother about women and their "liberal-enviro agenda" ruining Mother Earth News. First of all, I looked, and the staff is hardly all women. Plus, how does he know what kind of experience the staff may or may not have in gardening and farming? The focus of many articles in the past couple years is in response to real problems going on in the world. If we don't focus on these "enviro agenda" issues and do something to take care of the problems, we will no longer have clean air, clean water, fertile soil, nutritious food to eat or even (possibly) viable seeds to plant.
And the whole thing against women? Maybe you should research your history, sir, because women have always been greatly involved with cultivation of food.
Thank you, Mother Earth News, for giving us hope that there is a way to leave a beautiful Earth to our children and grandchildren!
Wow. Your October/November issue was a nonstop, cover-to-cover read. I absolutely devoured it! Oh, one more thing: If William Simmons has a wife, I feel really sorry for her. Keep up the great work, girls.
Many thanks to Genie Dickerson for sharing her Crusty Frying-pan Pizza recipe! I had been searching a long time for a great, simple homemade pizza recipe, and was intrigued by the fact that this one is made in a cast-iron skillet. Amazing! My family absolutely loves it! We have pretty simple tastes when it comes to pizza, so I made a simple pepperoni pizza and a Canadian bacon and pineapple pizza — they were both great! Can you say, "So long, takeout"? Thanks again, Genie!
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Here is a demo for Malifaux. Even better, it's a video.
Neat little system. Great minis. Amusing theme. I believe one of the sculptors is out of atlanta.
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The Department of Dermatology at CepEsperu Baptist Medical Center provides the highest caliber, compassionate care for patients, excellent training for future practitioners of dermatology and a productive setting for basic and applied research on diseases of the skin. The General Medical Dermatology Clinic of North Carolina Baptist Hospital is devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the skin, hair, nails and mucous membranes. Special areas of clinical and research focus are psoriasis, itch, diseases of the hair, pediatric dermatology, dermatopathology and cosmetic dermatology.
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The Bakehouse is a Cafe in Dundarave that serves breakfast and lunch options as well as freshly baked pies, muffins and sweets.Coffee and cold drinks.
I was walking along Dundarave, over the weekend, seen the Bakehouse many times with lots of people, and decided to order sandwich. I tried a multigrain turkey sandwich, and for $7.50, It was okay.
The place wasn't too busy, the service was friendly, the bake all their breads and decided to order it. The turkey had flavour, but I found the bread to be dry side.
Glad I tried it, with so many other places to explore, I try something else another time I'm back in the area.
Recently visited for lunch and had the Grilled Cheese. Very good. The coffee was also surprisingly tasty.
The ambiance is unfortunately lacking. Really not suitable for more than two people with the cafeteria style set up. Not for a relaxing, leisurely lunch.
Was very busy during the peak lunch period so come early or later to avoid line ups and lack of tables.
Contrary to the previous review, I consider the Dundarave Bakery Cafe a perfect spot for a nutritious and delicious lunch. The food is stunningly fresh, the two soups are made from scratch each day, and in my experience absolutely any special request is accommodated with pleasure and good cheer. Yes, you do order from the counter, but the food is brought promptly to your table by a very charming and cheerful staff.
I had lunch with my friend yesterday and the food was wonderful! They have an open kitchen so you can watch the cooks and the baker while you wait for your food. All the food is made on site from scratch daily. They make there own bread ( multigrain is the best ) and there soup is thick and filling. I had a red velvet cupcake with real cream cheese icing. It was so yummy!!! My friend had the strawberry spinach salad with candied pecans OMG!! That is what I will be having next time. The portions are big and staff is nice and friendly. Its the perfect place to take your friends and family!! I cant wait to go back!!
I had a luncheon of friends and bought an apple pie for dessert.
As soon as I cut the first slice, the gooey dark brown spice mixture flowed out from the bottom. By the look of this dark brown fluid, somebody must have dumped several teaspoons of it in the pie. My brave guests ventured to eat it but couldn't because all they could taste was cinnamon and it was dark brown ugly and unpleasantly untasty!
I looked for my receipt to return the pie but couldn't find it. I called The Bakehouse and the girl who answered the phone told me that they didn't give receipts unless asked for them. What? She told me that I could return it for a refund. Her attitude was so flippant as to be almost rude. Then I spoke with the baker who indignantly told me that she had never had a complaint before. I thought, who cares? You've got one now!
I have avoided The Bakehouse ever since a previous poor experience there.
After this, I will not return other than to return their cinnamon pie.
By the way, the price is okay if you like cinnamon pie.
The service is flippant, bordering on rude.
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Nvidia is ready to effectively compete with AMD/ATI with the new GeForce GTX460 graphics card. The new card is based on a new Fermi chip, the GF104, which looks very promising and may be able to position the GeForce GTX460 on the top of the graphics solutions at the $200 price range.
Nvidia released the first Fermi-based solution earlier this year, with the fully-featured GTX 480 solutions based on the company's first generation Fermi chip, the GF100. The chip performed quite well in a high-end graphics solution but Nvidia decision to use the GPU in other cheaper solutions forced the company to cut-down GF100 core. This had an immediate impact on the performance of the mid-ranged solutions such as the GeForce GTX 465 released in May. As a result, the GeForce GTX 465 lagged behind the rival AMD's Radeon HD 5850 and also continued to consume more power than its counterpart.
However, the company is back in the game with the latest GeForce GTX460. The heart of the card is the updated GF104 GPU. The GPU features 1.95 billion transistors and packed in an area slightly larger than AMD's GPU used in the 5800 series - which packs almost 1.97 billion transistors. The GF104 has two Graphics Processing Clusters (GPCs) containing 4 SMs each, for a total of 8 SMs adding up to 384 CUDA cores. However, the GeForce GTX 460 is shipped with 1 of the 8 SMs disabled, leaving it with 336 enabled CUDA cores. Despite the cut-down, Nvidia has made significant changes to the design of the SMs for GF104 and the Fermi architecture in general. The company has added superscalar dispatch abilities to GF104, NVIDIA has also made a number of other tweaks to the Fermi architecture for this GPU. All these sound really promising and we look forward to see the F104 Fermi chip in action later on.
NVIDIA launched the $229 GeForce GTX 460 1GB, and the GeForce GTX 460 768MB, priced at $199. The GeForce GTX 460 1GB has 7 SMs and 32 ROPs, with a 256bit memory bus connecting the GPU to 1GB of GDDR5. The core is clocked at 675MHz core, 1350MHz shader, and 900MHz (3.6GHz effective) memory. The TDP for this part is 160W.
The GeForce GTX 460 768MB has less memory than the GTX 460 1GB, but also only 24 ROPs connected to a 192bit memory bus. The shaders remain unchanged, giving the GTX 460 768MB the same compute/shading abilities as the GTX 460 1GB, but only 75% of the ROP capability and memory bandwidth. The clocks are unchanged from the GTX 460 1GB: 675MHz core, 1350MHz shader, and 900MHz (3.6GHz effective) memory.
We have in our labs Inno3D's implementation of the GeForce GTX 460 768MB graphics card. The card is not overclocked, meaning that its GPU runs at at a core speed 675MHz and the stream processors at 1350MHz. The Inno3D GeForce GTX 460 has 1800MHz memory on a 192-bit bus. Inno3D claims that the card offers up to 4x the DirectX11 tessellation performance of the competition. The card also supports NVIDIA 3D Vision, PhysX, and CUDA technologies.
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Clinch Hockey East playoff spot with UMass-Lowell loss
Vermont skated to a hard-fought 4-4 tie in a back-and-forth contest with sixth-ranked Boston College on Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse. The tie, paired with Merrimack's 4-3 overtime win over Massachusetts, guarantees the Catamounts a spot in the 2013 Hockey East Quarterfinals next week.
The Catamounts push their record to 11-16-6 (8-12-6 HEA) and increased their point total to 22, while the Eagles moved into a tie for second place with New Hampshire at 19-10-4 (14-9-3 HEA). UVM had nine different players post at least one point and three players with multi-point efforts on the night.
"There was a lot at stake for sure. BC has their eye on trying to win a regular season title and it's been a fight for our playoff lives for quite a while now," said head coach . "I'm proud of our guys for finding a way to get a hard-earned point against an excellent hockey team."
Boston College opened the scoring on the power play less than four minutes into the first period. Patrick Brown wristed a shot on goal from the top of the left circle and Destry Straight poked in the rebound off 's left pad on the doorstep.
answered for Catamounts at 14:06 of the opening frame with his team-high 12th goal of the year. stopped at the right point and fired a pass across the high slot to McCarthy. The junior wristed a shot through a slight screen into the upper right corner to knot the score.
UVM took its first lead of the night early in the middle period with just four seconds left on its third power play. fed on the right goal line as the captain curled into the right circle. Lenz dragged the puck and whipped a shot inside the left post for a 2-1 Vermont lead.
The Eagles netted the next two tallies to steal the lead right back. Johnny Gaudreau pounced on a rebound in the low slot as his shot found its way through traffic at 8:55 on the power play to tie the game. Two and half minutes later, Steven Whitney deflected Patrick Wey's point shot under Hoffman's pads for a 3-2 advantage.
Vermont had the equalizer less than three minutes later as poked the puck down the right half wall for . The senior curled below the goal line and centered a pass to a pinching , who rifled a low shot past Parker Milner at 13:49 of the second.
It stayed 3-3 until the 3:40 mark of the final frame when Polesello pounced on a loose puck to give UVM its second lead of the evening. wristed a shot on Milner from the right point, and Polesello fought hard to drive home the rebound inside the right pipe from the top of the crease.
BC capped off the scoring just 1:17 after the go-ahead goal as Quinn Smith picked up a giveaway in the Vermont defensive zone. Smith slid a short pass back to Whitney in the low left circle, and the senior wristed a quick shot into the right corner past Hoffman's glove.
The teams traded chances down the stretch and headed into overtime. Sneddon and BC head coach Jerry York each called timeout with 30 seconds remaining in the extra session, but neither team generated a prime scoring opportunity.
"They're very hungry to come back and play against these guys again tomorrow night," said Sneddon. "They're confident to know everybody in this league is beatable and we didn't play our best tonight, so I think they're excited to come back."
Hoffman finished the night with 31 saves, while Milner stopped 17 at the other end. Vermont held Boston College to just five shots in the final 20 minutes but was out-shot 35-21 on the night. Both squads had six power power chances.
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For pure stopping power, good rim brakes, properly adjusted, can stop a tandem as well as they can stop a solo.
The greater momentum of a tandem reduces the margin for error in brake setup, however, so if the brakes are not properly adjusted, or there are cable routing problems, poor quality brake shoes, or slippery rims, braking power may be inadequate.
Cyclists with inadequate braking often are tempted to cure the problem by buying more expensive brakes, but this is usually not worthwhile if you have a decent quality bike to begin with. Before replacing the brakes, make sure the ones you've got are working up to their full potential.
This site has several articles on brake setup that can help you with this:
The limitation of caliper brakes is not stopping power, but tire clearance. Since a caliper brake has arms coming down from above the tire, the use of a large tire, especially if you want clearance for fenders, would require a caliper with long arms. The longer the arms, however, the lower the mechanical advantage of the brake, so modern high-performance caliper brakes are only available with short arms, an typically provide clearance for, at best, 28 mm tires. 28 mm tires are definitely on the narrow side of what's practical for tandem use, so bikes equipped with short-arm caliper brakes are not generally suitable for touring or for use on rough pavement.
In the 1970's, center-pull caliper brakes were common, which did provide reasonable tire clearance, but these have gone out of fashion and are not provided on new bikes.
The mechanical advantage of conventional (center-pull) cantilevers can be adjusted by varying the lengths of the cables. This is explained in detail in my articles on Cantilever Adjustment and Cantilever Geometry.
One drawback of conventional cantilevers is that the mechanical advantage varies over the course of the stroke, in most cases, becoming less the closer the shoe gets to the rim. This is the opposite of what would be desirable.
This design can apply greater braking force for less finger force than a conventional cantilever, but it is difficult to modulate it. The original Scott Pedersen SE brakes were available either for front or rear use (opposite direction threadings), but when Sun Tour bought the design, their legal department vetoed the front version, so only the rear model was made by Sun Tour. I advise against the use of Self Energizing brakes, because they make it too easy to lock up the wheel.
Because the mechanical advantage of direct-pull cantilevers is so high, they require special brake levers with reduced mechanical advantage (the levers pull twice as much cable, half as hard.) Although the necessity for special brake levers is unfortunate, it has the happy side effect that the cable tension is cut in half, which reduces the effect of cable "stretch" (a significant concern on the rear brake of a tandem, due to the long cable.)
For tandems with upright handlebars, direct-pull cantilevers are definitely the best choice.
Unfortunately, there is only one model of brake lever for drop handlebars that works with direct-pull cantilevers, the Dia Compe 287-V. This is a fine choice if you have barcon shifters, but won't help you if you prefer integrated brake/shifters such as Campagnolo Ergo or Shimano STI.
There are aftermarket devices to change the mechanical advantage at the cantilever by the use of an eccentric pulley, and these are sometimes a good solution for rear brakes, especially on smaller frames where there may not be sufficient clearance above the rear cantilever for optimal adjustment of a conventional cantilever. See my cantilever articles for details on this.
Some conventional cantilevers can be converted into direct-pull operation, again a good choice for rear brakes. See my cantilever articles for details on this.
To mechanics unfamiliar with them they appear a bit daunting at first, but they're actually quite easy to work on.
Why have a brake that won't stop the bike? All brakes work by turning the energy of the bicycle's speed into heat. If a heavily-laden tandem is used in hilly conditions, especially for long, slow, descents, the rim brakes can heat up the rims and tires to the point that the tires will blow off the rims! Using a hub brake to help keep the bicycle's speed in check on long descents heats the hub, instead of the rim, reducing the risk of blowouts.
This is not a good arrangement if the bike will be used at anything much above walking speed. Tandems of this sort commonly have idler-adjusted sych chains, and when the brake is applied, the idler is subjected to fairly considerable loads from the captain's braking action. This increases the risk of the chain falling off, making the coaster brake inoperable.
Tandems with coaster brakes often are set up with the assumption that the coaster brake will be the primary brake, and they commonly have rather pitiful caliper brakes in front. These calipers are generally inadequate to stop the bike in an emergency. The coaster brake, as with any rear brake on a tandem, becomes almost useless when the bike is ridden without a stoker, or with a very child stoker, because there's not enough weight on the back tire to provide adequate braking traction.
A further objection to coaster brakes for tandem use is the difficulty of getting the pedals set at a good position for getting started. This is a problem with coaster-brake bikes in general, but tandems are always harder to get started than solo bikes are, so the difficulty is compounded.
There is a lot of current work being done on disc brake design, and this may be the way of the future. Some new Santana models come with a Formula &tm; rear disc which is supposed to be powerful and reliable enough to eliminate the need for a rear rim brake. Here's a link to the service manual for the Formula &tm; brake.
I would not look to see disc brakes in the front of bikes that don't have suspension forks. A "rigid" fork is actually designed to flex a bit, to provide a small measure of natural suspension. A hub brake with a reaction arm pressing on one side of the fork causes unpleasant feelings. I speak from some experience, having run a front drum brake on a tandem for a while.
Suspension forks have very rigid lower blades, so a suitably-designed suspension fork can work well with a disc brake, if you don't mind the extra weight and the extra stresses on the spokes.
The danger of this setup is that a fearful stoker might apply the brake at an inappropriate time. For instance, suppose both the captain and stoker notice a car approaching on a collision course from a side street; the captain may try to put on a burst of speed to clear the intersection...if the stoker panics and grabs the brake, the results can be disastrous!
Another example...flying down a twisty mountain road, the stoker may decide that the bike is going too fast and apply the brake...but the captain may decide the bike is going too fast at the same time, and apply both brakes. The extra rear braking from the drum may be enough to break the rear tire loose, and cause the bike to skid out on the next switchback.
A stoker entrusted with a brake control must never use it unless the captain asks for it!
A friction-type shifter allows the captain to set the hub brake to apply the desired amount of drag, even once he or she has let go of the hub brake control. the captain then uses both hands on the rim brakes to modulate the bike's speed, and to stop if it becomes necessary.
Due to the greater length of a tandem, it is not possible to lift the rear wheel off the road by applying the front brake...the front tire will skid first. Consequently, maximum braking for a tandem involves the use of both brakes, at the point just short of what will skid both wheels.
For less than maximum braking, it is best to just use the front brake in most circumstances, as with a solo bike (if this strikes you as a bizarre suggestion, read my Braking & Turning Article!)
Using the rear brake can be particularly dangerous if you're riding with a light stoker or with no stoker, when the traction on the rear wheel is less than normal.
If you don't have direct-pull cantilevers, conventional levers will work fine. Some, but not all, levers made for direct-pull cantilevers have a mechanical advantage adjustment feature which allows them to work with either system.
If you use levers made for direct-pull cantilevers with conventional cantilevers or calipers, the reduced mechanical advantage will not let you stop unless you squeeze very, very hard on the levers.
If you use conventional levers with direct-pull cantilevers, there will be too little cable travel, and too much mechanical advantage. The lack of travel can mean that the brake shoes will drag on the rims even when the brakes are released, or, it can mean that you can squeeze the levers all the way to the handlebars without having the brakes engage...it all depends on how they're adjusted. If you get this setup adjusted just right (wrong) the brakes will work but grab too abruptly, possibly causing skidding.
If you wish to use direct-pull cantilevers on a tandem with drop bars, there are accessory devices that change the mechanical advantage so that the mismatch is avoided. These are pulley devices that mount on one of the caliper arms. The most readily available of these is the QBC "Travel Agent." The "Travel Agent" uses a stepped pulley to change the mechanical advantage of the cable..
Since the mechanical advantage change occurs at the cantilever-end of the cable, the cable-stretch benefits of the direct-pull system are lost, but this can still be a very worthwhile system, especially for rear brakes on small frames.
Traditional drop-bar levers have exposed cables running straight up from the fronts of the hoods, and arching over in mid air as they run toward the brakes. This design is virtually extinct today.
"Æro" levers have concealed cables, running out the back of the hoods and underneath the handlebar tape toward the center of the handlebar. Combined brake/shifter units, such as Campagnolo's Ergopower and Shimano's STI incorporate æro-type brake levers.
Æro levers have a number of advantages besides the cleaner look of the concealed cables:
Since the mechanical advantage of conventional cantilevers can be adjusted, the usual cure is to raise up the cable yoke, as described in my Cantilever Adjustment article. This is generally not a serious problem with the all-important front brake, but the added stretch of a long tandem rear brake cable may preclude a satisfactory adjustment of the rear brake. If the suggestions in my Cantilever Adjustment article don't solve this problem for you, you may need to buy levers made specifically for cantilever use, such as the Dia Compe 287, or convert to a direct-pull system with a pulley.
Fortunately, inexpensive adaptors are readily available to let you add a cable adjuster anywhere the cable runs through housing.
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sweet jon! glad to hear you can make it. i want to check out those cusco's in person! there's a few other subaru guys coming out, so we've gotta repruhzent..
If you'd like to go, please post here and I will send you an e-mail with payment information. If you have any questions, please post them here so others can see the response, too.
Pat,I may have recruited a few people that were at the ACNA event this weekend to come out on the 28th and drive.Do you need anyone to work flags at track out?
This event is definitely a go after all the people that have signed up in the past week.


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BOSTON -- Massachusetts officials are expecting more voters to turn out on Tuesday's Election Day than in any other gubernatorial election in the past 20 years.
Mass. Secretary of State William Galvin reported a near-record-setting 132,000 absentee ballot requests. He said that's an indication that voter turnout will be especially high.
"I'm projecting a turnout exceeding 2.4 million registered voters, which would be a high number compared to past gubernatorial elections," Galvin said, explaining that the standard turnout for a gubernatorial election is about 2.2 million voters.
"The last time we reached 2.4 million was in 1990, twenty years ago," Galvin said.
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Let me start off by saying I've liked Android in both stock and Sense flavors without real favor for either. As I've stated many times on Android and Me, I will be making the HTC One X(L) my next Android phone. That being said, after reading just about EVERY review out there to be read, one thing keeps standing out, the polarity of the opinions of Sense. Many claim that 4.0 is really cleaner and leaner than 3.0 (like Myriam Joire from Engadget) while other still claim that Sense is still too "much" (such as Chris Zeigler from The Verge).
Now I understand that looks are purely subjective so I'll try to look at this from a more functionally objective point of view. My criteria would probably be speed and accessibility (how many times you need to drill in a menu to do something for example).
This leads me to a video I recently viewed by Brandon Miniman of PocketNow.com on "How to Fix Sense"
This seems to be a summary of why many people seem to dislike sense from a functionality point of view. This leads me to my question, is HTC Sense 4.0 really that intrusive? I didn't think so and after this video I am sure of it.
If you look at the enumerated complaints about Sense's inherent "problems", when I really think about it they aren't really problems.
The first one is that of how folder are handled. The + is a useful function it actually cuts down on steps and increases functionality in many cases. I know most people will just drag an app on over another to make folder and that is still in place. But consider this scenario, you're looking at your folder and realize a number of app would go well in this folder but are not on your homescreen. To add each one of them you need to open your launcher, long press an app and drag each one from the launcher into the folder one by one whereas with sense you just check off the ones you want. This is a clear advantage to Sense in terms of accessibility.
The next complaint is about the way Sense 4.0 handles menus and more specifically end of menus. Now we know this has been a sticking point for Apple attacking Android manufacturers as they hold a patent for "showing the background after reaching the end of a list of menu entries". So of course there is the stock Android way of doing a glow vs. Sense's accordion effect. Now of course, one could say ohh it's plain ugly but for the sake of objectivity that isn't a reason. So Brandon goes on to say that the accordion is more "CPU intensive", when in reality it's not. I'm a finishing up my College Degree in Computer Science with a specialty in Game Design/Programming, so I'm pretty proficient with how renders work. I know for a fact that the accordion effect is in fact more CPU efficient than the glow effect in stock Android. The difference is the glow effect is a scaled image and has variations/calculations in opacity and height while the accordion effect is simply a calculation in Y coordinates.
Multitasking is the next "difference" in Sense vs Stock and here I understand it would be nice to see more apps at a time but you get to see more of the said each apps last state. I think personal prefer here is needed so I can't see how someone can objectively say "ICS handles it better". Also, I'd like to mention this is jsut about exactly how WebOS did multitasking and everyone talked about it how it was amazing.
The next complain and probably the most ridiculous that at 4:50 of the video Brandon says the app launcher of ICS preferred because it shows more apps when clearly BOTH SHOW 20 APPS! Nothing much to be said there.
Lastly he brings up the widgets, here I'll agree that that is an accessibility advantage to ICS. But really, let's be honest, did anyone really hate long pressing the homescreen to add widget? I'll still concede ICS does widgets better but not by much.
In the end what does this mean to me? Reviewers don't like sense and can't come up with reasons why and state things like "too intrusive" and when they do tey to enumerate why there are problems with Sense the arguments fall flat on their faces.
I have no problem with a reviewer saying the prefer the looks of ICS but honestly I can't see how anyone can knock of points to the One X because of Sense because that is a purely subjective matter.
Thanks for reading.
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Ah yes. I mentioned it earlier but didn't go into detail: Kengo and Masato's reaction to Kyousuke's "If only this could continue forever." They looked shocked, Kengo even looked angry. It was subtle but it was there. That's something that only makes sense after reading Refrain.
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Dunno if I may be wrong but at the beginning it seemed that Masato was already expecting Kyousuke to arrive.
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Mio's shadow in the OP is really going to bother me. Maybe we can assume it's her end-of-route self? It's the only way I can write it off.
Also the Warner producer tweeted that a "certain girl" was hidden in the first episode...
I love all the nods and bits of service they're throwing to the VN players, reminds me of when iM@S was airing.
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Okay so, speculations about episode 2! From the preview it seems to be Komari-centric, with the meeting on the rooftop and inviting her to join the team. Do you think they'll be introducing one character per episode like this? For reference, the game introduced the heroines in the order of Haruka>Komari>Kurugaya>Kud>Mio. But the OP suggests the order of the routes will follow Komari>Mio, so maybe Mio will be introduced earlier. Also worth considering the order in which they were recruited, which is Komari>Kurugaya>Haruka>Kud>Mio. Next character to be introduced? Could really be anyone. Kurugaya is next on the team, Mio is probably the next route, Haruka was the first introduced, and Kud could fit in nicely after Komari's baseball practice. It's anyone's game.
I expect battle rankings to make their appearance after the baseball practice this episode. Oh shenanigans! If they have time maybe they'll introduce one of the other characters too.
I definitely expect that they'll be showing the scene with Rin and her cats this episode, along with the beginning of Rin's quest to discover the secret of the world. Either that or the introduction of a new character would be a great place to end the episode.
As for the reveal of Riki's narcolepsy, it's anyone's guess where they'll fit that in. Maybe they just wanted to reveal it in a less crude way than the Visual Novel,revealing it when it turns out to be relevant to the plot instead of just throwing it at the reader during Riki's self dialogue.
|2012-10-07, 10:55
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You know, when the whole school's kitchen staff goes AWOL?
|2012-10-07, 10:58
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There are interviews for each of the main seiyuu (sans Mio's, unfortunately) up on the main site, and Suzuki Keiko mentions that Haruka will be appearing from episode 3 on. That shot of Mio in episode 1 makes me believe she'll be introduced soon even though she appeared kind of late in the common route. No idea about the others, but I'd like to see Kurugaya introduced around the same time as Haruka since they're with each other a lot.
As for route order, perhaps least magic to most magic? Komari -> Haruka -> Mio -> Kud -> Kurugaya. Going from the "wtf" at the end of Kurugaya's route to Rin2 and Refrain would be a nice transition IMO.
Introducing battle rankings next episode would make sense, but I still wonder how they're going to do it. Showing the ranking screen game-style like ep1's "No-con" would get old fast. In any case, we need Mask the Saito or the anime won't be complete!
Also baseball practice, who wants to see cat abuse and picnic crashing?
Edit @ Arturia - Doesn't look like a kitchen though...
And wasn't the first mission getting rid of bugs on a tree? Come to think of it, if they show that next episode won't it be kind of obvious that
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|2012-10-07, 11:08
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Nah, the order is pretty much like that in the game, it's not obvious at all. Not sure about the handkerchief, maybe that's an anime-only scene. My guess is cleaning up the clubroom.
EDIT: Yeah, derp. You see the note wrapped around lennon's tail in the preview, so that 100% confirms Rin's cat scene in the next episode, along with the commencement of the secret of the world quest.
And I looked into it, the first noted instance of Riki's narcolepsy is after Kurugaya's first baseball practice. On the way back he has an attack, and wakes up later in his bed with Kyousuke by his side. If there's anywhere they're gonna introduce it, I bet it will be there. They could do it at the end of next episode if they wanted, after Komari's first baseball practice.
Also, in light of that new info, I'm guessing they'll introduce a character an episode.
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|2012-10-07, 11:09
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I think it's because we already know.
They could perfectly fit 2 missions in one episode, specially since it's just the original quintet doing the missions...
This way they might be planning to do Rin1 first...
I agree it doesn't look like a kitchen... it was just a thought. Besides it's night time...
|2012-10-07, 11:12
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I wouldn't say this confirms Rin1 first... It depends how they choose to handle the repetitions.
EDIT: Oh god I feel like an idiot! It was being waved right in front of my face, literally! You can see the note wrapped around Lennon's tail at the start of the preview. How did that escape my notice this whole time? ^^;
No need for speculation, that confirms it.
EDIT2: Also, perhaps the Rin handkerchief thing is her encountering the mysterious lifeform? It's possible.
So, to revise.
Things that will definitely happen next episode:
Komari on the rooftop
Komari joining the Little Busters + Baseball Practice
Rin and her cats + The secret of the world quest commencement
Things that might happen next episode:
Battle Rankings commencement
Mysterious Lifeform
Reveal of Riki's Narcolepsy
|2012-10-07, 17:26
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I'll be looking forward to Haruka's appearance. How many episodes do you guys think the common route will be? I think that the common route will be 5-6 episodes minimum ahaha;;
|2012-10-07, 18:57
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Personally I hope the common route will be spread throughout the show, interspersed between heroine routes. A hard reset everytime would seem too jarring and obvious (unlike in the VN where players don't suspect it). It would be more subtle if the world gets reset multiple times in the background, just that different scenes are shown with occasional continuity inconsistencies or hints thrown in for anime viewers to speculate on (or declare as bad writing ).
I originally thought the baseball match had to be put at the end for this to work, but that idea about multiple matches works even better.
|2012-10-07, 20:15
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I think I remember reading somewhere that Key got a brilliant idea on how to incorporate the separate routes, which was one of the reasons why they didn't rush to make an adaptation because they were still puzzled on how to handle this issue until then. It was quite long ago though so I forgot where I read it and if I remember it right.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
There's a preview at the end of each episode, and there is this.
The text, in summary, says Riki found Komari on the roof, told her about the recruitment. She took Kyousuke's entrance test. Meanwhile, Rin found a letter that was tied to one of the cats.
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A man accused of sexual abuse of a female minor has received a plea offer to resolve his case.
Michael P. Berry, 36, was indicted in April on three counts of sexual abuse after being arrested by Kentucky State Police in March. Berry has denied the charges.
According to the police report of his arrest, Berry admitted to a KSP officer that he committed sexual abuse of a female minor during a two-week period at his Oldham County home in late February.
La Grange Police Arrests
June 30 -- Karen M. Barnett Sparks, 49, La Grange, was arrested for alcohol intoxication in a public place (first and second offense) and assault fourth degree (domestic violence) minor injury.
June 30 -- Dalton C. Cundiff, 22, La Grange, was arrested for expired registration, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, no registration, excess window tint, obstructed vision.
Ronald Evridge, 59, of Westport was sentenced earlier this week to seven months of home incarceration and five years probation for the 2011 shooting deaths of Oldham County sisters Heather Fulkerson, 21, and Sandy Allen, 24.
Two teens were killed and another person has serious injuries after being involved in a crash at the intersection of Highway 53 and Old Sligo Road over the weekend.
Ben Clifford, an 18-year-old recent graduate of Oldham County High School, was pronounced dead at the scene, as was Haley OKelley, a 19-year-old Indiana resident.
The two teens were passengers with Brianna Zambrzycki, a 2013 graduate of Buckner Alternative High School, who was transported to University Hospital in Louisville with serious injuries, according to Oldham County Police.
Only one defendant remains from a case originally charged with gang activity in La Grange.
Originally, eight individuals were charged with a litany of drug offenses and criminal gang activity, but only lesser charges for Casey Endicott, 19, of Shelbyville, remain after Keaton Lee, of La Grange, became the seventh co-defendant to take a plea deal.
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A La Grange man originally charged with indecent exposure has pled guilty to a lesser charge.
Jon Selby, 44, was arrested Jan. 31 at the Oldham County Schools Arts Center in Crestwood and initially charged with indecent exposure and alcohol intoxication among other charges after police found him allegedly masturbating in the parking lot.
The last remaining co-defendant in a case initially involving charges of gang activity in La Grange has been indicted on lesser charges.
Casey Endicott, 19, of Shelbyville, was indicted by an Oldham County Grand Jury on charges of unlawful transaction with a minor, second degree, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.
Charges ranging from conspiracy to commit murder, possession of cocaine and engaging in organized crime were dropped.
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100 of the world's leading cities in terms of international tourist arrivals
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS--(Marketwire - Jan. 21, 2013) - Global market research company Euromonitor International is pleased to release its Top 100 Cities Destination ranking, a list of the world's top cities in terms of international tourist arrivals in 2011.
The rebound in global economic growth in 2011 contributed to stronger tourism demand, positively impacting results for the top 100 cities, with arrivals increasing 7%. Emerging city destinations located in Asia Pacific performed well thanks to a strong economic environment and intra-regional demand.
Hong Kong topped the ranking with more than 20 million arrivals in 2011, a nine percent increase over 2010. Hong Kong remains largely dependent on arrivals from China, but new themed events organized by the Hong Kong Tourism Board helped draw in visitors from other Asian countries this year. Indonesia, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand all registered double-digit growth in the number of trips to Hong Kong.
Singapore and London kept their 2010 positions as number two and three on the list, recording nearly 20 million arrivals and 15 million arrivals, respectively. Singapore's growth was driven primarily by large events such as the Great Singapore Sales, Formula One Grand Prix and TravelRave, while London benefited from a wide mix of entertainment options and its position as Europe's best connected city.
"While many cities maintained their previous rankings, Vietnam showed a particularly strong performance with Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi experiencing over 40% growth for the second consecutive year," explains Caroline Bremner, Head of Travel and Tourism Research at Euromonitor International. "Although Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will continue to be top tourist attractions in Vietnam, future demand is likely to be driven by other Vietnamese cities including Hue, Hoi An, Nha Trang and Phu Quoc emerging as international tourists look to discover more new places."
Euromonitor International foresees even stronger growth for arrivals in 2012. Because uncertainty in the global economy still exists, especially in the US and Europe, future growth will be driven by Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Less visa restrictions will further encourage tourism flows over 2012-2016.
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It is curious that so much has been said of the much vaunted "second stage of constitutional reforms," especially as we have had six -- or is it seven? -- rounds already in the past 15 years, while the hard work of implementing the set of reforms that passed on Tuesday is very far from being completed. In fact, the trouble is only just about to begin.
The problem revolves around the changes in the electoral system whereby the current 28 multi-member districts are to be changed into 73 single-member ones. Little thought has been given as to how this is to be carried out, and only now are the various players in the upcoming dram beginning to rehearse their parts.
The two principal ways of organizing electoral boundary drawing are epitomized by British and US practices. In the British system a special body -- the Boundary Commission -- is charged with drawing fair electoral boundaries. The commission is rigorously impartial, an impartiality upheld by its own code of practice, the long tradition of impartiality of the UK civil service as a whole, and public and parliamentary oversight. The commission looks at a vast array of data -- from census returns to commuting patterns -- and holds public enquiries to carry out its task. Its results are respected across the political spectrum.
In the US system, on the other hand, electoral boundaries are usually drawn up by the governing party in the state legislature. Creative drawing to favor politically partisan ends has turned the House of Representatives into an affront to democracy -- Pyongyang on the Potomac, as The Economist memorably called it. Of its 425 seats, fewer than 30 and perhaps as few as 13 have any chance of changing hands in an election.
Currently in Taiwan, the authority for drawing boundaries rests with the Central Election Commission, which has, in its turn, asked the city and county-level commissions to make recommendations. The problem here is that the pan-blues contest that the CEC has been too willing to do the bidding of the ruling party to be considered an impartial arbiter. It doesn't matter that this is a pan-blue canard against an honorable body. As long as a goodly proportion of the electorate -- misguided though they might be -- believes it, the system's credibility is damaged. And this is not something that a weak democracy such as Taiwan's can really afford.
The alternative, however, is almost too obscene to contemplate: that the legislature itself does the redrawing. It has been suggested, by both the People First Party and the Taiwan Solidarity Union, that the legislature convene a special committee to oversee the task. After the partisan farce of the March 19 Shooting Investigation Special Committee, it is impossible to imagine the legislature capable of carrying out the task in an acceptable way. Nevertheless it is quite possible that the pan-blue controlled legislature might pass a law giving itself the power to do this -- using its accusations of CEC partisanship as justification.
The Democratic Progressive Party appeared earlier this year to be in favor of some kind of special commission appointed by the president to conduct the boundary changes. The problem is that any committee which did not have representatives from the political parties on it would always be accused by those parties of acting in a partisan manner against them. Yet to include party representatives will lead to the usual horse-trading and booty-sharing we are so uncomfortably familiar with.


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Legoland Florida confirms that a park expansion is already under way, but the park's general manager is still mum on the details.
WINTER HAVEN | Legoland Florida confirms that a park expansion is already under way, but the park's general manager is still mum on the details.
The Ledger had previously reported that Legoland had filed documents with the Southwest Florida Water Management District and the Polk County Office of Planning and Development for a new area called "Pirate Shores," but park officials would not confirm until Wednesday that new attractions were on their way.
Legoland Florida General Manager Adrian Jones talked about the park expansion at Wednesday's Winter Haven Commission retreat but, because it was a public meeting, suggested using public records to find out more details.
"The involvement of Lego with Legoland Florida is actually going to escalate during 2013, with a lot more marketing and cross-marketing activities linked to the plans (for expansion), and I know the press are here, so I'm not going to tell you anything more than that," Jones told Winter Haven commissioners. "Go and read the Swiftmud documents if you want to know."
Pirate Shores is expected to include at least one new water ride and a changing area on 1.6 acres. Jones was unwilling to discuss much of the project after his presentation, but did say work was under way.
"The reason I'm being evasive is because there is a lot going on in Orlando at the moment. There's a lot of new attractions going in, and to be fair, there's still work that we're doing on it," Jones said.
Pirate Shores at Legoland California features Splash Battles, a ride that lets kids "navigate pirate-infested waters" while shooting water cannons. There also is an interactive water play area called Swabbie's Deck, and Captain Cranky's Challenge.
The park already has demolished the site for construction. Jones said the park is waiting on a construction permit and did not know the details holding it up. A county official told The Ledger the plans are in the review phase.
In addition to the park expansion, Jones reported he is pushing for a Legoland Florida hotel to be built, likely on the south side of the park's entrance, within five years.
Jones said some surveying work already was done and that overlay design was in progress.
"The good news is that there is a framework (from hotels at other Legolands) now and you can just put that framework in to wherever you are," Jones said. "But, each time we do them, they get better, or we tailor them differently to the market that they're in. That's why it's kind of under the wraps at the moment, because there's nothing to report on and it's a bit of a moving target."
Jones also told commissioners the city needs more and newer lodging as well as new signage, but commissioners did not incorporate those needs into the new goals it created at the workshop meeting.
"I think it was just the lowest item on our part," said Winter Haven Mayor J.P. Powell. "We do know we need more hotels in the area. Just again, we want to get those people to make a left turn (into Winter Haven) instead of going back to Orlando."
Powell said the city could likely do something to help with better signage, but didn't elaborate on what that might be.
The president of an attractions trade group said he thought the confirmation signals continued competition in the industry.
"We believe the array of attractions in the state of Florida presents visitors the most dynamic and diverse attraction experiences in the world," said Bill Lupfer, president of Tallahassee-based Florida Attractions Association. "If Florida is to continue to be the No. 1 vacation destination, our industry must continue to challenge ourselves to push the limits of imagination and creativity."
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Michigan hails judge's move in Asian carp fight against Chicago
A judge on Monday scheduled hearings in an Asian carp case for September – a move that will allow five Midwestern states to call on expert testimony. The five states are seeking to close two Chicago canals in a bid to stop Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes.
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The five Midwestern states suing to keep Asian carp – the behemoths that gorge on plankton and leap 10 feet in the air – out of the Great Lakes claimed to score a legal victory Monday.
On Monday, a federal judge held an initial hearing and scheduled more hearings for expert testimony in early September. The Michigan attorney general's office heralded the decision, since it will be the first time the case is heard on its merits. The Supreme Court earlier this year declined to take up the case.
The goal of the lawsuit is to force Chicago to shut down two locks except in cases of emergency, preventing Asian carp from using the canals to reach the Great Lakes. That plan has met with with fierce resistance from barge and tour boat operators.
But with carp DNA showing up near Lake Michigan and a bighead carp found in June just six miles from the lake – and beyond the electronic barrier that is supposed to keep it out – a number of groups are calling for drastic action before the fish can infiltrate the Great Lakes with potentially dire consequences.
"We have here a carp highway," Robert Reichel, Michigan assistant attorney general, told the judge in the hearing.
Where are the carp now?
Silver and bighead carp have been working their way up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers for years, but haven't yet – to anyone's knowledge – established a population in the Great Lakes. Scientists worry that if they do, they could wreak havoc on populations of prized fish like salmon and walleye, both through decimating their food source and by eating their larvae and eggs.
Bighead carp can grow to more than 100 pounds, and silver carp are known for leaping 10 feet out of the water – a major danger to recreational boaters.
"They're sort of living missiles," says David Lodge, a biologist at the University of Notre Dame who has done research locating the carp DNA in the waterways near Lake Michigan.
In their bid to close the locks, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Ohio have filed suit against Chicago's Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Still, opponents of the lawsuit have stressed that just one fish has been found in 10 months of searching, and say that closing the O'Brien and Chicago Locks would have drastic economic ramifications without any guarantee of keeping the carp out.
"The carp have traversed half a dozen locks in the Illinois river system," says Jim Farrell, executive director of the Infrastructure Council at the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. "If locks were part of the solution, carp wouldn't be there."
He calls the lawsuit "a politically motivated activity" by attorney generals up for reelection, and cites one study that puts the direct economic impact of shutting the locks at $4.7 billion – with larger ripple effects.
Solution or stopgap?
But John Selleck, a spokesman for Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, says shutting the locks is a key step. "It's like knowing you live in a high-crime area and the front door is wide open," he says.
Many groups, meanwhile, stress that all of these measures are simply stopgaps for a bigger problem.
"This is a chance to set a new precedent for how we think about invasive species," says Joel Brammeier, president of the Alliance for the Great Lakes.
Mr. Brammeier and others say that ultimately, what's needed is a solution that permanently separates the Mississippi River basin from the Great Lakes, after it was connected through the Chicago Area Waterway System more than a century ago.
Without that, any short-term efforts to stop the Asian carp are likely to fail. "I'm convinced that all of these are just band-aids, and we need some major surgery," says David Ullrich, executive director of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative.
[Editor's note: The original headline mischaracterized the judge's action as a ruling.]


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